Staff Police are asking for tips in connection with an accident that damaged a utility pole on the southwest corner of Second Street East and Portage Avenue last week. An investigation revealed that a tractor-trailer driver had backed into the pole during the early-morning hours of last Friday (Aug. 28), […]
District News
Peggy Revell The Rainy River District School Board is reporting a growing success rate when it comes to students passing the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. The OSSLT is written by Grade 10 students across the province to assess the reading and writing skills they’re expected to have acquired by […]
Staff With the summer season winding down, it might seem as though bear activity is decreasing. But Alyson Bisson, a bear technician with the local Ministry of Natural Resources office, warned this may not be the case. “The number of bear occurrences within the Town of Fort Frances has been […]
Staff With the Terry Fox “Marathon of Hope” less than two weeks, the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau still is looking for more sponsors and volunteers to help put on the fundraiser run/walk here on Sunday, Sept. 13. “We could still use more volunteers, and we could use more donations,” stressed […]
Dave Ogilvie A public information meeting was held last Tuesday (Aug. 25) in the Chapple Hall by staff and engineers from Hydro One Networks Inc., the company responsible for the transmission and distribution of electrical power in Ontario. The purpose of the open house was to provide the public with […]
Staff The Ministry of Natural Resources is into its seventh week of providing forest firefighting support to British Columbia, with well over 200 personnel still deployed there and more expected to go throughout this week. Prior to yesterday, 133 MNR personnel were in B.C. but an additional 78 were sent […]
Robin McCormick The local production of “True Up North Mamma Mia” last week at the Townshend Theatre in Fort Frances was an absolute treat! Staged before almost sold-out audiences for all three nights (Thursday-Saturday), it was filled with song, laughter, and nostalgia. The actors, producer, and volunteers all deserve huge […]
Dave Ogilvie Cornell Farms is pleased to announce “The Wild Turkeys” as the headliner for the final barn concert of the season on Saturday, Sept. 12. This group of talented musicians, comprised of brothers from two families in Sault Ste. Marie, came together in the winter of 2006. Since then, […]
Peggy Revell Miserable weather has ruined plenty of summer plans so far this season, but it’s also spells trouble for local farmers when it comes to the quantity and quality of hay needed for their herds. “It’s been horrible,” said Emo farmer Kim Jo Bliss, who also is a research […]
Heather Latter Earlier this month, 10-year-old Nick Teeple of Stratton, with his Charolais-Simmental cross named “Buddy,” took home the grand champion market steer title from the annual 4-H market steer auction at the Emo Fair. But it wasn’t a real surprise that Teeple’s steer did well since competing in the […]
Staff The situation remains quiet in the West Fire Region, with only one new fire to report from over the weekend. Thunder Bay Fire #36 is a 0.3-hectare blaze which was reported Saturday and probably human-caused. It currently is listed as “under control.” There are no other active fires in […]
Dave Ogilvie The Rainy River Federation of Agriculture’s farm progress building at the annual fall fair in Emo began as an idea in the mind of one committee member during the winter of 1978-79. That winter, Marlin Cowser proposed that the new ice surface be used as an area where […]
